Life on Mars: Will we be living in these red-planet igloos by 2037?

RED DUST: The Mars Show Home opens next month at the Royal Observatory Greenwich

Although you can’t exactly jet off to space just yet, you can pretend to live like a Martian thanks to a new space-age show home.

Members of the public will be able to catch a fascinating glimpse of what life on the red planet could be like in a matter of decades thanks to this futuristic exhibition.

So if you fancy having a nose around, The Mars Show Home is set to open at the Royal Observatory Greenwich from November 10-16.

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Built over a few months by Wild Creations, the unique dome-like structure has been designed to be situated in Valles Marineris – a 4,000km long and 100km wide system of canyons that runs along the equator of Mars.

The igloo-like design also has a double air-locked entrance which would protect early settlers from the planet’s unforgiving atmosphere and freezing temperatures.

Inside the small structure there’s sleeping quarters, a staircase, a botany platform, a 3D printer, microwave, water dispenser, a Mars globe, research area and even a digital library.

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It also boasts amenities like built-in lighting and flat screen TVs which will show footage from the Mars rover.

At the exhibition, visitors can also see visions of the colony and learn facts about our future on Mars – as well as the prospect of us becoming a multi-planetary species.

Stephen Petranek, author of How We’ll Live on Mars and collaborator on the compelling six-part docu-drama from Academy Award-winning team of Ron Howard and Brian Grazer MARS, thinks we could build habitats on the red planet as early as 2037.

Kirsty Howell from National Geographic said: “To coincide with the epic new six-part global event series, Mars, on National Geographic, we are thrilled to be unveiling the Mars show home at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich on November 10th.

"The installation is a product of months of research and close consultation with astronomers from the Royal Observatory Greenwich and Stephen Petranek, author of How We’ll Live On Mars, combined with a little imagination and creativity, providing a fascinating glimpse of what our future settlements on the red planet could be like.

"We hope that those who visit the habitat are inspired to watch this defining piece of television storytelling from Ron Howard and Brian Grazer.”